Earle Steve - Mercenary Song guitar tab

Mercenary Song

by Steve Earle

[G] Me and old Bill there we both come from Georgia

Met Hank down in [D] New Mexico [G]

We're [G] bound for Durango to join Pancho Villa

We hear that he's [D] paying in [G] gold

I guess a man's got to do what he's best at

Ain't found nothing better so far

Been called mercenaries and men with no country

Just soldiers in search of a war

CHORUS

We're [C] bound for the border

We're [G] soldiers of fortune

We'll [D] fight for no country

But we'll [G] die for good pay

[C] Under the flag of the [G] greenback dollar

Or the peso down [D] Mexico [G] way

When this way is over, I might go back to Georgia

And settle down quiet somewhere

I'll most likely pack up and head south for Chile

Hear tell there's some trouble down there

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE